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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Varro|origins=grc Μοῦσα}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmuː.sɪ.ka]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmuː.s̬i.ka]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''mūsica''' ''f'' (genitive mūsicae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|grc|μουσική|tr=mousikḗ|t=art of the Muses]], short for the Greek phrase for “the art of the Muses”, from [[m|grc|Μοῦσα|tr=Moûsa|t=Muse]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) A Greek form [[m|la|mūsicē]] was also used.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is found in Varro (116–27 BC), who says writers disagree on medicine and on music.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was the art or theory of music, and for the ancients it included poetry and every higher artistic or learned pursuit, as Cicero's music as handled by Damon or Aristoxenus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero has orators claim that geometry and music belong to the philosopher.^(OLD 2012)
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+ Pliny and Gellius used it of musical sounds, as Gellius' military music.^(OLD 2012) Ausonius' ''musica socci'', “the music of the comic slipper”, meant comic poetry.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913) English ''music'' came from it partly through Old French in the mid-13th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the theory of music.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of music and learning.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius uses it of military music.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * mid-13th century – English ''music'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|Music]], the art or theory of music; learning, the liberal arts.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # Musical sound.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Poetry.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Georges 1913)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[mūsicārius]]
+ * [[mūsicus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[mūsicātus]]
+ * [[en|music]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}